Trustworthy Wisdom@Work
A Repository of Wisdom from Trusted Sources
"Just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned . . ." (Romans 5:12) The nature of sin is not immorality...
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". . . to those who are . . . called to be saints . . ." (1 Corinthians 1:2) You have had the vision, but you are not yet to the reality of it...
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"He said to them, ’This kind [of unclean spirit] can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting’." (Mark 9:29) We can remain powerless forever, as the disciples were in this situation, by trying to...
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"If You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." (Mark 9:22) After every time of exaltation, we are brought down with a sudden rush into things as they really are, where it...
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". . . Jesus took . . . them up on a high mountain apart by themselves . . ." (Mark 9:2) The true test of our spiritual life is in exhibiting the power to...
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"I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church . . ."...
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". . . for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!" (1 Corinthians 9:16) At any moment the sudden awareness of this incalculable, supernatural, surprising call...
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"Jesus . . . said to him, ’One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor . . . and come, take up the cross, and follow Me’.’"...
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". . . someone said to Him, ’Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.’" (Luke 9:57) Our Lord’s answers were not based on some whim or impulsive thought, but on the knowledge of “what...
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"If you . . . remember that your brother has something against you . . ." (Matthew 5:23) If something is brought to your conscious mind by the Spirit of God — “First be reconciled...
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